Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, August 12:
Humanitarian Groups Worried About Mounting Tension in Colombia
Aug 12, 2001 ... Some foreign groups carrying out humanitarian missions inColombia expressed on Saturday their concerns over theintensification of military conflicts between government troops andguerrillas in northern Colombia. About 60 foreign humanitarian activists, who come from Italy,Spain, ...
Shanghai to Invest Heavily in Fixed Industrial Assets
Aug 12, 2001 ... This east China metropolis plans to invest 450 billion yuan(about 54.22 billion U.S. dollars)in fixed industrial assets in thenext five years in order to let the city keep leading the country incomprehensive industrial competitiveness. This was learned from a recent municipal ...
Vicario Wins 10th Stage in Tour of Portugal Cycle Race
Aug 12, 2001 ... Spain's Juan Carlos Vicario won the 10th stage of the Tour ofPortugal cycling race with a solo effort on Saturday asSwitzerland's Fabian Jeker kept the overall lead. Vicario completed 189.6-km stage in clocking four hours 45minutes and six seconds, followed four seconds later by ...
Sri Lankan Tamil Rebel Base Destroyed in Air Force Bombing
Aug 12, 2001 ... Sri Lankan air force jets bombed and destroyed a separatist TamilTiger rebel base on Friday, the Defense Ministry said in a statementSaturday. It said that the air force jets attacked a base of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at Soranpattu about seven ...
Spain's San Sebastian Classic Results
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are results from the Spain's San Sebastian Classic onSaturday: 1. Laurent Jalabert, France/CSC, 228km, in 5 hours 17 minutes 54seconds 2. Francesco Casagrande, Italy 3. Davide Rebellin, Italy 4. Wladimir Belli, Italy, all same time 5. Serge ...
Major News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers
Aug 12, 2001 ... The following are major news items in leading Indian newspapersSunday: The Indian Express: -- Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Home Minister L.K.Advani and another cabinet minister are under "open and boldthreats" of militants, a top Delhi police officer said here ...
Cuba to Help Venezuela Solve Food Problem
Aug 12, 2001 ... Cuba will send 30 experts in foodsecurity affairs to Venezuela tohelp the South American country solve its food problem. The move will be taken under an tripartite agreement signed hereSaturday by the governments of Venezuela and Cuba and the UnitedNations Food and Agricultural ...
Mexican President to Visit Chile
Aug 12, 2001 ... Mexican President Vicente Fox will visit Chile next Wednesday fortalks focusing on promoting bilateral trade ties, Mexican ForeignMinistry announcedon Saturday. During the upcoming visit, Fox will discuss with his Chileancounterpart Ricardo Lagos over other bilateral and regional ...
Women's Discus Final Results from World Athletics Championship
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are results of the women's discus final at the worldathletics championships on Saturday: 1. Natalya Sadova, Russia, 68.57 meters 2. Ellina Zvereva, Belarus, 67.10 3. Nicoleta Grasu, Romania, 66.24 4. Anastasia Kelesidou, Greece, 65.50 5. Franka ...
French First Division Results
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are French first division soccer results played onSaturday: Stade Rennes bt Monaco 3-0 RC Lens bt Olympique Marseille 2-0 Sedan tied En Avant Guingamp 1-1 Girondins Bordeaux tied Lille 0-0 Montpellier bt Metz 3-0 Paris St Germain bt ...
Jalabert Wins Spain's San Sebastian Classic
Aug 12, 2001 ... Former world number one Laurent Jalabert of the CSC-Tiscali teamkept three Italians at bay in a sprint finish to win the 21st SanSebastian Classic cycling race here Saturday, the sixth event of the2001 World Cup. The 32-year-old Frenchman finished the 228km event ahead ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are news items from the Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong Saturday: Australia Shuns New Zealand Over U.S. Trade Deal Indonesian Military, Police Order Capture of Aceh Mass Killers Indonesian Police Ordered to Continue Search for Tommy Major News ...
El Salvador Declares State of Emergency for Severe Drought
Aug 12, 2001 ... A months-long drought that has destroyed much of El Salvador'scrops forced its Congress to declare a state of emergency Saturday,said reports from San Salvador, capital of the Central Americancountry. The measure was approved Friday by a majority of thelawmakers,with 74 of the 84 ...
Rafter Sweeps Past Fellow Australian Hewitt to Advance
Aug 12, 2001 ... Eighth-seeded Patrick Rafter beat his 20-year-old fellowAustralian Lleyton Hewitt for the first time 6-4, 6-3 Saturday toadvance to the final of the ATP Cincinnati Masters tennistournament. 28-year-old Rafter took the upper hand when he broke his muchyounger rival in the tenth ...
Davenport Overwhelms Tauziat to Breeze into Final
Aug 12, 2001 ... Second seed Lindsay Davenportof the United States outclassedFrench veteran Nathalie Tauziat 6-1, 6-2 to breeze into the final ofthe 565,000 U.S. dollars women's tennis tournament in ManhattanBeach, California on Saturday. 25-year-old Davenport was overwhelming in the match. After ...
Women's 100m Hurdles Final Results from World Athletics
Aug 12, 2001 ... Championships EDMONTON, Canada, August 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are results ofthe women's 100 meters hurdles final at the world athleticschampionships on Saturday: 1. Anjanette Kirkland, United States, 12.42 seconds 2. Gail Devers, United ...
World Athletics Championships Medals Table
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are medals table after the ninth day of competition atthe world athletics championships on Saturday (tabulated under -gold, silver, bronze): United States 7 5 5 Russia 6 7 4 Kenya 3 2 1 Cuba 3 ...
SADC Deputy Secretary to Be Chosen by Summit
Aug 12, 2001 ... Three candidates for post of the deputy executive secretary ofthe Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be submittedto the SADC summit of heads of state and government to be opened onSunday, a senior SADC official said here Saturday. Hidipo Hamutenya, chairman of the ...
Nigerian Minister on Prerequisites for Success of African Union
Aug 12, 2001 ... Nigerian Minister of Cooperation and Integration in AfricaBimbola Ogunkelu has said the common vision for a strong and unitedAfrica cannot succeed unless it is facilitated by the differentparliaments of member states of the new African Union, the NewsAgency of Nigeria reported on ...
Company R&D to Play Innovative Role in China
Aug 12, 2001 ... BEIJING August 12 (Xinhua)-- In the next five years, Chineseenterprises will become the major sponsors of research anddevelopment (R&D) projects in China, according to a governmentforecast. The State Development Planning Commission announced that ishascompleted a detailed plan ...
Lens Beats Olympique Marseille 2-0 in French First Division
Aug 12, 2001 ... Lamine Sakho scored twice as RC Lens edged Olympique Marseille 2-0 for their third successive victory in the French first division onSaturday. Senegalese-born Sakho, who came on as a substitute on thehour,immediately broke the deadlock thanks to a fine solo breakbefore putting ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspaper
Aug 12, 2001 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Sunday. Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- Three farmer-workers seized by the Abu Sayyaf in June fromacoconut plantation company in Basilan, the southern Philippines,escaped from their captors Friday. The total ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0020 GMT, August 12
Aug 12, 2001 ... LONDON -- The British government was poised to restore powerstothe suspended Northern Ireland assembly from midnight Saturday,raising hopes for the continuation of a peace process that hadallbut collapsed this week. Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid signed the ...
Beijing Police Will Be Equipped With Photo-scanners
Aug 12, 2001 ... An advanced photo-scanner has been approved by China's Ministryof Public Security to replace the police' present way of collectingfingerprints using ink. Experts said the photo-scanner "CAFIS-J" is faster and moreaccurate than ink. With high resolution, the scanner can read ...
German First Division Results
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are results of German first division soccer matchesplayed on Saturday: Borussia Dortmund bt VfL Wolfsburg 4-0 Energie Cottbus bt Nuremberg 1-0 Kaiserslautern bt Cologne 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen tied Bayern Munich 1-1 SC Freiburg lost to Hertha Berlin ...
Lewis Wins World Cup Modern Pentathlon
Aug 12, 2001 ... Britain's Sian Lewis Saturday wonthe final stage of the World Cupmodern pentathlon, which was heldin Severny just outside Moscow. Lewis, who started from sixth position in the last event - athree-kilometer cross country run - 27 seconds off the pace, won thetitle with a total of ...
Men's 50km Walk Results from World Athletics Championships
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are results of the men's 50km walk at the worldathletics championships on Saturday: 1. Robert Korzeniowski, Poland, 3 hours 42 minutes 08 seconds 2. Jesus Angel Garcia, Spain, 3:43:07 3. Edgar Hernandez, Mexico, 3:46:12 4. Aigars Fadejevs, Latvia, ...
Overseas-funded Company Smuggled Marble
Aug 12, 2001 ... The customs of this municipalityfound in a special investigationthat an overseas-funded company cheated at applying at the customs,avoiding tariffs amounting to 6 million yuan (723,000 US dollars). Between April last year and ...
Highlights of Major Beijing-Based Newspapers
Aug 12, 2001 ... Highlights of Sunday's major Beijing-based newspapers: People's Daily -- China said Saturday that the so-called decision made by theU.S. side on its payment to China relating to the spy plane incidentearlier this year is unacceptable, and China has expressed theutmost ...
Women's 4x100m Relay Final Results from World Athletics
Aug 12, 2001 ... Championships EDMONTON, Canada, August 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are women's4x100 meters relay Final results at the world athleticschampionships on Saturday: 1. United States, ...
Russian Sadova Wins First World Title in Women's Discus
Aug 12, 2001 ... Natalya Sadova of Russia won her first-ever world title in thewomen's discus throw at the eighth IAAF World AthleticsChampionships here Saturday afternoon. The 29-year-old 1996 Olympic and 1998 European silvermedalist,won the gold medal through her fourth attempt which landedin ...
Portuguese Premier League Results
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are Portuguese premier league results on the openinground of the soccer season on Saturday: Braga tied Uniao Leiria 0-0 Varzim tied Benfica 2-2 Played on Friday: Boavista bt Beira Mar ...
Results from Tour of Portugal Cycle Race
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are leading results in the 10th stage of the Tour ofPortugal cycling race over 189.6 kmsbetween Agueda and Vila Real onSaturday: 1. Juan Carlos Vicario, Spain, Festina, 4 hours 45 minutes 06seconds 2. Francisco Lara, Spain, Festina, four seconds behind 3 ....
Venezuela Backs Suspension of Talks Between Andean Community,
Aug 12, 2001 ... Mercosur CARACAS, August 11 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan governmentexpressed Saturday its support to Colombia's proposal to suspendnegotiations between the Andean Community (AC) and the SouthAmerican Common Market (Mercosur) due to the instability of theregional ...
State of Emergency Declared in Southern Bulgaria as Fire Advances
Aug 12, 2001 ... A state of emergency was declared Saturday in Ivajlovgrad, some275 kilometers southeast of the capital, as a fire has been ragingfor three days in the Eastern Rhodopes bordering Greece. The fire, which has destroyed over 3,000 hectares of deciduousforests so far, is advancing along ...
Rescuers Searching Missing Passengers of Xinjiang Accident
Aug 12, 2001 ... Rescuers are busy searching for three passengers who went missingFriday in Xinjiang when an overloaded bus rushed down into a river,killing 32 passengers, including a Pakistani tourist. The bus, from Urumqi, capital city of Xinjiang, to Xinhe Countyinthe west of the Uygur ...
Deportivo Takes Teresa Herrera Title
Aug 12, 2001 ... Deportivo Coruna of Spain camed from behind to defeat thedefending league champion Real Madrid 2-1 Saturday to win the TeresaHerrera soccer tournament in La Coruna. Both teams spent a scoreless first half including Real Madridwith its "dream" striker line formed by Raul, Luis Figo ...
Shanghai to Host International Auto Show
Aug 12, 2001 ... The 2001 Shanghai InternationalAutomobile Show, expected to bethe largest of its kind ever held in China, is scheduled forDecember 9-16 in this east China metropolis. The show, organized by Hannover Fairs Ltd (HF) of Germany and theDongfang International Advertisement Co. Ltd, will ...
Round-up: Pedroso Wins 4th Straight, 3-Times Champion Denvers
Aug 12, 2001 ... Dethroned EDMONTON, Canada, August 11 (Xinhua) -- Cuban Ivan Pedroso reapthis fourth straight world title in the men's long jump, three-timesworld champion Gail Denvers was dethroned from the women's 100mhurdles, while controversial EPO suspect Olga Yegorova of Russia wonthe ...
Overseas Zhejiang People to Meet in Late August in New York
Aug 12, 2001 ... The 2001 party of overseas Chinese people from east China'sZhejiang Province will hold on August 28 in New York, sources said. About 200 people from over 30 countries and regions will join the11th party, including leaders of overseas Chinese organizations,celebrities and ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Aug 12, 2001 ... The following are major news itemsin leading Japanese newspapersSunday. Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may visit Tokyo'sYasukuni Shrine on a day other than next Wednesday, the August 15anniversary of Japan's surrender in ...
World Cup Modern Pentathlon Results
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are World Cup modern pentathlon results held inSeverny, Russia on Saturday: Final classification: 1. Sian Lewis, Britain, 5668 points 2. Paulina Boenisz, Poland, 5530 3. Caroline Delemer, France, 5512 4. Elena ...
Women's 5,000m Final Results from World Athletics Championships
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are results of the women's 5,000 meters final at theworld athletics championships on Saturday: 1. Olga Yegorova, Russia, 15 minutes 03.39 seconds 2. Marta Dominguez, Spain, 15:06.59 3. Ayelech Worku, Ethiopia, 15:10.17 4. Dong Yanmei, China, ...
Men's Long Jump Reslts from World Athletics Championships
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are results of the men's long jump final at the worldathletics championships on Saturday: 1. Ivan Pedroso, Cuba, 8.40 meters 2. Savante Stringfellow, United States, 8.24 3. Carlos Calado, Portugal, 8.21 4. Miguel Pate, United States, 8.21 5 ....
Zambian President Calls for Publicizing Tourism Potential
Aug 12, 2001 ... Zambian President Frederick Chiluba Saturday directed theMinistry of Tourism and the Zambia National Tourist Board to workclosely with Sun International to further publicize the country'stourism potential. He made the remarks in the southern tourism city ofLivingstonewhere he ...
Opener, Advisory
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13 Pandas Expected to Give Birth
Aug 12, 2001 ... Thirteen pandas being raised in southwest China's SichuanProvince are likely to have babies this fall, experts at Giant PandaBreeding Technology Committee of China (GPBTCC) said Saturday. Zhang Anju, director of the GPBTCC, said, "According to ourexperience, 50 percent of them ...
Dortmund, Kaiserslautern Keep Winning Streak in German First
Aug 12, 2001 ... Division BERLIN, August 11 (Xinhua) -- Borussia Dortmund andKaiserslautern cemented their early season lead in the German firstdivision with home wins on Saturday, while Bayer Leverkusen drewwith champions Bayern Munich. Dortmund, who finished third last season, replaced ...
EPO Suspect Yegorova Wins Women's 5,000m World Title
Aug 12, 2001 ... Olga Yegorova, who was reinstated by the IAAF after controversialEPO positive test, tookthe women's 5,000m world title at the eighthWorld Athletics Championships here Saturday afternoon. The 29-year-old Russian outraced all her rivals to clock inherwinning time of 15:03.39, beating ...
Nicaragua Hopes Debt Relief From Brazil
Aug 12, 2001 ... Nicaragua is expecting a 95 percent condoning of its debt toBrazil, totaling about 135 million U.S. dollars, said NicaraguanForeign Minister Francisco Aguirre Sacasa on Saturday. "It's some time since we've been lobbying with Brazil'sauthorities, backed by our central bank and the ...
Collated Results of Manhattan Beach Women's Tennis
Aug 12, 2001 ... Following are the results from the 565,000 U.S. dollars women'stennis tournament in Manhattan Beach, California on Saturday (prefixnumber denotes ...
American Women Win 4x100m World Relay Title
Aug 12, 2001 ... The United States took the women's 4x100m relay world title atthe eighth IAAF World Athletics Championships here Saturdayafternoon. The American quartet of Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Millerand Marion Jones, clocked in the year's best time of 41.71 seconds,beating Germany, ...
Iran's Khatami Names New Cabinet With Minor Changes in Line-up
Aug 12, 2001 ... EDS: 2nd lead, updates with reaction from political factions,quotes from female MPs, adds byline by Jiang Xiaofeng TEHRAN, August 12 (Xinhua) -- Re-elected Iranian PresidentMohammad Khatami unveiled the long-awaited line-up of his cabinet onSunday, four days after he was ...
China Holds Seminar on Southern Ethnic Minority Culture
Aug 12, 2001 ... An international seminar on the culture of the southern White-Pants Yao people was held Sunday in Nandan County in the GuangxiZhuang Autonomous Region. The ethnic group, widely recognized as a living fossil, belongstothe Yao family. They are named after the white pants men wear ...
Suicide Bomber Killed, 40 People Injured in Explosion in Israel
Aug 12, 2001 ... EDS: 1st lead, updates with new details, background JERUSALEM, August 12 (Xinhua) -- One man was killed and atleast40 people injured on Sunday in an apparent suicide bombingattack in a cafe near the northern Israeli coastal city of Haifa,Israeli government press office ...
135 kg of Charas Seized in Pakistan
Aug 12, 2001 ... Pakistani Anti Narcotics Force(ANF) Saturday night foiled anattempt to smuggle drugs from Peshawar to Rawalpindi and seized 135kilograms of charas and 46 kilograms of opium, according to theAssociated Press of Pakistan (APP). After receiving a confidential information that some ...
China Win Women's Volleyball Grand Prix Harbin Tournament
Aug 12, 2001 ... The Chinese volleyball team completed their perfect record in theworld women's volleyball Grand Prix Harbin tournament after beatingBrazil 3-1 on Sunday. The set scores were 25-21, 25-18, 23-25 and 25-15. It was the third straight victory for the young Chinese team. Earlier ...
Australian Prime Minister Pays Three-day Visit to Indonesia
Aug 12, 2001 ... Australian Prime Minister John Howard arrived here Sundayafternoon in an effort to further bolster ties between the twocountry. Upon his arrival Howard met briefly with Indonesian PresidentMegawati Soekarnoputri at Merdeka Palace. He then paid a courtesycall to Vice President ...
Indonesian President Meets With Australian PM
Aug 12, 2001 ... Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri met visitingAustralian Prime Minister John Howard here Sunday afternoon. "Both leaders want to increase cooperation, in a realistic way,"State Secretary Bambang Kesowo told reporters after the meeting. Megawati will hold a formal ...
Major News Items in Leading Egyptian Newspapers
Aug 12, 2001 ... The following are major news items in leading Egyptian newspaperson Sunday. Al Ahram: -- Egyptian Information Minister Muhammad Safwat MuhammadYousufel-Sharif has contacted with a number of Arab informationministerson holding an emergency meeting within the coming few ...
Educators Meet to Explore New Ways for Chinese Language Education
Aug 12, 2001 ... Some 200 experts of Chinese language education from China'smainland, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand and other Southeast Asiancountries kicked off a forum here Sunday, aiming to pool in ideasand find new methods to promote education of the language aroundthe world. "The ...
Xinhua World Economic News Summary at 0500 GMT, August 12
Aug 12, 2001 ... COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka will re-impose its ban on GeneticallyModified Foods (GMF) from September 1, which was previously deferredtill the end of the month, the state-run Daily News said on Sunday. Chief Food and Drugs Inspector of the Ministry of Health S.Nagiah was quoted as saying ...
Beijing to Greet 21st Universiade with Culture Festival
Aug 12, 2001 ... A large-scale Beijing 21st Universiade Culture Festival will beheld from August 21 to 31 in cooperation with the Beijing 2001University Games, the Beijing Universiade Organizing Committee(BUOC) announced at a news press conference here on Sunday. Ruan Lanyu, principal of the ...
China's Xia Xuanze Wins Men's Badminton Singles Crown
Aug 12, 2001 ... China's Xia Xuanze crashed Marleve Mainaky of Indonesia to winthe men's singles title at theWorld Grand Prix Badminton Finalschampionships in Brunei on Sunday. Xia, last year's All England champion, won 7-4, 7-5, 2-7, 8-6 ina 49-minute battle in his first Grand Prix Finals ...
Key to African Development Depends on Trade: Ugandan President
Aug 12, 2001 ... Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said here on Sunday that theonly channel to develop the African continent on a sustainable basisis trade, not aid, according to a press release from the President'sOffice. During a meeting with a visiting Kenyan group of over 30entrepreneurs at ...